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Thanks to everyone who replied both to the list and directly to me. Seems I
had forgotten to check Adobe's web site for the latest PS drivers. Doh! I
downloaded 5.1.2 and configured Distiller with it. PDFs now display color
perfectly. TIP: after configuring Distiller like this, reboot your system
before trying to use it. Otherwise, it's the dreaded blue screen for you.

--Robert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Read [mailto:seread -at- pacbell -dot- net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:43 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Problem with color in Acrobat 4.0
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> Robert Heath wrote:
> >
> > On a FrameMaker document I have written, I have placed
> "Draft -- 3/3/00" in
> > magenta at the top of my master pages. When I save it as a
> PostScript file,
> > convert it to PDF with Distiller, and then open it in
> Acrobat, the Draft
> > header is gray. In the Distiller Job Options, I have
> selected Leave Color
> > Unchanged under the Color tab, but still the heading is gray.
> >
> > Has anyone had a similar problem? If so, how did you solve it?
>
> Yes. It made me crazy until I realized that I needed a *color* PS
> printer driver installed.
>
> Steve Read
>